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That doesn't sound like the answer the founder of OKCupid posted here: http://answers.onstartups.com/questions/21323/why-would-okcupid-write-their-own-web-serve
by mhp 16y ago
That doesn't sound like the answer the founder of OKCupid posted here: http://answers.onstartups.com/questions/21323/why-would-okcupid-write-their-own-web-server/21377#21377 http://answers.onstartups.com/questions/21323/why-would-okcu...
- ibejoeb 16y agoWell, I wasn't there, so I don't really know. But here is the previous thread, where I joined in dismissing the premise: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2078210 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2078210. See the two responses for details.
- nostrademons 16y agoI could swear I remember, back when they were TheSpark, them claiming that the TheSpark ran on a custom webserver written in C++. That would be consistent with the idea that OKWS was done as Max's Harvard thesis project and then inherited by TheSpark and OKCupid later. There are a variety of reasons why startup founders may want to bend the truth with their public statements.